The Dangerous Dregs of ISIS
The prison at Dashisha, in eastern Deir Ezzor province, had been an oil-storage facility. In just four days, the compound of modest brick and stucco buildings had been filled with fifteen hundred fighters. Keep Reading
PERSPECTIVE: Governments Must Do More to Save Kids from ISIS Camps
Western governments appear to fear these children, detained in Syria and Iraq with their ISIS foreign fighter parents, as national security threats. Yet our national and international laws dictate that we protect our youngest citizens Keep Reading
PERSPECTIVE: Children of ISIS Mothers Are Dying in Front of their Eyes in Detention Camps
Recent deaths raise questions about why underage Western children are being held in Syria rather than returned to their home countries. Keep Reading
France Repatriates 5 Children of ISIS Fighters from Syria
The children, aged five or under, were flown home in a military aircraft and placed under medical supervision, the foreign ministry said. Keep Reading
Germany to Strip ISIS Fighters of Their Citizenship
More than 1,000 Germans have left their country for war zones in the Middle East since 2013 and the government has been debating how to deal with them. Keep Reading
SDF Calls for Help with ‘Time Bomb’ ISIS Fighters
They could escape and threaten the West, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) chair of foreign relations Abdulkarim Omar said on Monday. Keep Reading
Trump Warns Europe He Will Free ISIS Fighters if Allies Won’t Prosecute Them
Trump, who intends to pull U.S. troops out of northern Syria, said the likely destination for the militants would be European countries. Keep Reading
British Schoolgirl Who Fled to Join ISIS Now Wants to Return Home
The girl sitting before me, alone in a teeming Syrian refugee camp of 39,000 people where she is registered as No 28850, was Shamima Begum, the only known survivor of the three schoolgirls from Bethnal Green Academy whose fate has been unknown at home since they fled Britain together in 2015 to join ISIS. Keep Reading
UN and Interpol Join Forces to Counter Internet Exploitation for Terrorist Activities
The workshop included practical exercises to raise the understanding of the FTF phenomenon, including the gender dimension and the importance of respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering and preventing the phenomenon through the use of social media. Keep Reading
Malaysia and Indonesia Foreign Fighter Transit Routes to Philippines Identified
Some of the foreigners destined for ISIS affiliates Abu Sayyaf and the Maute group had flown into Mindanao but were arrested at airports and deported. Keep Reading
